Beneficial effects of dark chocolate for episodic memory in healthy young adults: a parallel-groups acute intervention with a white chocolate control [PDF]
, 2020 There is good evidence that cocoa flavonoids can acutely improve cognitive function in humans, possibly via mechanisms such as increased cerebral blood flow. To date, much of the evidence is based on measures of executive function with extracts and cocoa-
Achilleos, Christina +2 more
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Neutral and negative mood induction in executive tasks of working memory
Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 2021 The mood induction paradigm has been an important tool for investigating the effects of negative emotional states on working memory (WM) executive functions.
Lívia Valenti +2 more
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«Беседы об истинном Боге и истинной вере на наречии обских остяков» (1900) св. Макария. Глагольная морфология [«Беседы об истинном Боге и истинной вере на наречии обских остяков» (1900) by Saint Macarius. Verb Morphology] [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2020 The paper presents a verbal morphological description of one of the first written monuments in Southern Selkup, recorded by Saint Macarius. The first solid comments and handling of the script were done by Hartmut Katz.
Sergei V. Kovylin
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Voices, 2021 Although there is a growing body of evidence suggesting that combining music therapy and reminiscence in a structured and complementary way may yield positive well-being outcomes for people with dementia, there is a gap in the literature combining both ...
Lisa Kelly, Bill Ahessy
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Mood Effects on Humor Production: Positive Mood Improves the Verbal Ability to Be Funny [PDF]
Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 2020 Can mood influence people’s ability to produce humorous verbal messages? Based on recent theories linking affect to social cognition and information-processing strategies, this experiment predicted and found that positive mood increased people’s ability to generate more creative, humorous, and elaborate verbal contents.
Joseph P. Forgas, Diana Matovic
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Acute and Chronic Effects of Green Oat (Avena sativa) Extract on Cognitive Function and Mood during a Laboratory Stressor in Healthy Adults: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study in Healthy Humans [PDF]
, 2020 Green oat (Avena sativa) extracts contain several groups of potentially psychoactive phytochemicals. Previous research has demonstrated improvements in cognitive function following a single dose of these extracts, but not following chronic ...
Bonnländer, Bernd +7 more
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La modalità e le frasi interrogative
Romanica Cracoviensia, 2022 Modality and Interrogative Sentences The article deals with the modal scheme of the interrogative sentence in Italian.
Eva Klímová
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How interaction molds semantics: The mood functions of Chinese “sum-up” adverbs
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 “Hezhe” (合着), “ganqing” (敢情), and “nao le bantian” (闹了半天) are common mood expressions in modern Chinese which have a common function of summarizing the information before (so called ‘sum-up’) as well as similar pragmatic functions.
Jingyao Song
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014 Previous studies have suggested complex interactions of mood and cognition in the lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC). Although such interactions might be influenced by various factors such as personality and cultural background, their reproducibility and ...
Hiroki eSato +7 more
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Animals-assisted therapy: A brief review [PDF]
, 2018 In rehabilitative setting, the presence of animals can be considered as an important stimulus for verbal and social communication, and for mood regulation.
Cerroni F. +22 more
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